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Pretoria, South Africa- Coalition forces made a strong stand on the east coast of Africa yesterday against the second most powerful military in the world but it was not enough. In the final minutes of battle the Indonesians breached the coastal defenses of the eastern cape and gained a foothold on the African continent. Despite their defeat at KwaZulu-Natal they will be able to continue their offensive due to their last minute victory at the Eastern Cape.

On the first day of war many nations pledged support for South Africa and their support could be seen as June 11th is now the bloodiest day in the history of Erepublik with 825 fights taking place on the first day of action which is about half the amount of fights fought in the entire duration of the Sausage wars which holds the record for the largest war with 1,639 fights over eleven days. As predicted this war will be dragged out over the next week or two until sides can agree to peace terms.

Indonesia does have an advantage now since they can now wage war in multiple territories instead of just two. This will allow people to cherry pick who they want to fight first and spread out the defenses of South Africa. South Africa will be at a disadvantage today but don't expect them to be defeated completely if they lose more territory today. If they are not able to wear down the Indonesian advance their is a good likely hood that once they are backed up against the wall with one or two territories they will make a stand with all their defenses centralized like they were at the start of the war. This works out well for the nations of the Americas as Indonesia must make a westward push through South Africa, If they are stopped and South Africa holds onto its possessions on the Atlantic coast then South America can breath a little easier as Indonesia will not be bordering them just yet.

Due to the excellent relations between all the countries of the Americas (except Canada) an invasion of South America seems unlikely anyway. The Pan-Am alliance has proved its strength so far this war, even without Brazil and Mexico the nations of the alliance have been fighting strong. The U.S. has a large amount of foreign fighters from Europe but still Venezuela and Argentina have been fighting hard as well. Even if South Africa is completely overrun which is possible though not likely, South America would not be in any immediate threat.

The support however continues to roll in for South Africa as each day more and more people move to Austin to fight for Africa. Yesterday the British Paratroopers were dispatched to aid the South Africans along with other powers and that has appeared to be a huge plus for South Africa and as that number of foreign aid continues to rise so does the chance of South Africa making a major stop today. The major influx of people has caused a weapons shortage in the U.S. but it is offset by the fact that the heavier then expected resistance in South Africa has caused the Indonesian weapons supply to run dry as well.

This defense is very determined, with over 500 fights they still managed to win a battle and as the war nears 1,000 fights this looks like it will be a drawn out war as South Africa will not give up any ground without a fight.